Lewis Shepherd

I’m finding that technologists in and out of government are excited and curious about agentic AI and the impact it could have on streamlining software development. Agentic AI refers to a type of artificial intelligence designed to not only respond to chatbot queries but also to perform tasks autonomously, taking actions based on user input […]

For any government agency, unpredictability is a central challenge. We are now discovering that nowhere is that more true than in building and securing AI infrastructure. The extraordinary complexity of federal agency IT architectures and the external threats to those architectures pose distinct challenges to any security modernization effort. Like most enterprises, these are likely […]

Governments are reaching a new inflection point that favors private cloud adoption. That is the clear conclusion of a just-released, in-depth global survey of 1,800 senior government and private sector IT leaders conducted by Illuminas, in partnership with Broadcom.  The report, Private Cloud Outlook 2025: The Cloud Reset, reveals that government IT leaders no longer […]

Global organizations are under relentless pressure from increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks. The number of enterprises reporting an increase in cyberthreats has risen 97 percent since 2022 alone. U.S. governmental agencies are not immune. Indeed, they are a primary target.  And now, with federal IT modernization a mandate, a modern private cloud platform is a secure solution […]

For all the agencies across the federal government, IT modernization is more than a goal.  It is an imperative. For the past decade, the focus of IT modernization has centered around public cloud. Now, with agencies looking to be cost-effective while optimizing for emerging technologies like AI, they are reassessing how they view cloud: Rather […]

Across the country, state legislators are beginning conversations about how AI, and specifically generative AI, can help state agencies better serve their residents. Amid a national environment of shrinking state budgets and growing demand for technologically advanced workers, AI promises new solutions for state governments to help address these issues. But with these AI opportunities […]

Once opposing forces engage in conflict, strategy gives way to the unexpected, the unplanned, the confusion that is the fog of war. Today’s modern forces that command the most complete situational awareness of the battlefield at the tactical edge almost always win the day.  Tremendous tactical advantages can be gained from a form of edge […]

Generative AI’s (GenAI) prodigious abilities could soon revolutionize how federal and state government executive and legislative branch offices interpret bills and regulations, analyze legislative conflicts, and uncover opportunities for new policy initiatives. Policy documents, especially legislation and regulations, can be hundreds or even thousands of pages long, filled with complex legal language as well as […]